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Pearls of Sluze

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PearlsOfSluze

Pearls of Sluze are defined by

y^m=kx^n(a-x)^b.

The curves with integer n, b, and m were studied by de Sluze between 1657 and 1698. The name "Pearls of Sluze" was given to these curves by Blaise Pascal (MacTutor Archive).

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References

MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive. "Pearls of Sluze." https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Curves/Pearls/.Smith, D. E. History of Mathematics, Vol. 2: Special Topics of Elementary Mathematics. New York: Dover, p. 330, 1958.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Pearls of Sluze." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/PearlsofSluze.html

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